At this time, our program was on from 4 A.M. – 6 A.M on KWVA 98.1 FM in Eugene, OR. Holden Craft was in studio, providing banter and selections. Shows with him were always of a much different tone than with other guests (or even solo). Holden has a very specific sense of humor that I allowed him to explore on the show, and he became a very popular part of the routine. In this episode, he prepares one of his very first News Broadcasts, another bit that threatened to take over the entire show later on. This holiday program is part of the “New Year Dawning” series, and I enjoy listening to again every Year. Also of note: we mention Tonya, one of our listeners who always got up early to do homework, and would listen to us as she was studying. Later she became a ‘zine subscriber, too. (See “The Taco Bell Chihuahua” episode.)

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Our first holiday broadcast, from 1998! Not heard since then, and available in digital form for the first time! This is also one of the most complete shows from this era. (Mostly, just missing the commercials.) The Cremation of Sam McGee! (At least, the first time I ever read it on the air.) And, a theme show, at that. It’s the complete nostalgia package, all in one show!

Join us as we travel back in time to 1998, where I was just learning my radio chops, and decided to do an all-out spooky holiday show. Weather or not I succeed is up to you, but I remember this one fondly, and feel that there are moments that hold up pretty well. And listen to that tape hiss! Ahh, the good old days.

In these days, my show was on from 4 A.M. – 6 A.M. On KWVA. This was before podcasts, or streaming radio. You heard this live, or on the tape I made of the show. It’s a real treat to share it again, in a new form. Enjoy!

This morning, our program aired from 4 A.M. – 8 A.M., with “Angry Man” Josh, Toby & A Random Girl. The link above directs you to an episode from 28 May 2012, where part of it exists in a highly edited form.

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As part of my volunteer work for the station, I did a coverage show one Sunday, from 4 – 6 P.M. The show I was covering for was The Lonesome Highway, a weekly country show. With hindsight, I regret not doing an all-country show. However, at the time, I wouldn’t have had enough stuff to fill two hours. Still, I enjoyed this show because it was the most exposure I had on the air during these early days. I got a lot of calls, and even my boss at the bookstore listened. I had been drinking at the river all day, on top of taking some allergy medicine, so this was a very strange show. Being done in the middle of the day was equally strange.

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Frank Sinatra had died the same week that I did this show, so I brought in the one record I had at the time and played as much of it as possible. Listening back, it appears that I sound insincere, but I really was bummed out. I was just also drunk. For some reason, I also have an on-air contest to fin a pair of shoes I found on the street. Luke calls in a lot. This one was from 4 – 6 A.M.

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On the way to the radio station from my house was a Circle K (known as the Circle A to most Eugenians). There, one of the clerks by the name of Luke was someone that I knew through friends. He called the show regularly the entire time he worked there. This was on from 4 – 6 A.M.

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The first family member to guest on my show was Kyle, and he has continued this tradition for the entire run of the show. We were on the air from 4 – 6 A.M. Part of this show in a highly edited form appeared in an episode from 14 August 2012.

My first show with a guest! Josephus of Sinkhole made a few appearances on the Eugene incarnation of this show, and would later appear on Live Friday, with his band !go-yo!. This show was on from 4 – 6 AM. Some of this show was included in an episode from 28 May 2012, in a highly edited form.